- LIS3353 Technologies is a good beginning class for IT and ICT majors. Hands-On Experience
Imformation Searching
- What is Literacy?
Information literacy- the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand
Financial literacy- is the ability to understand finance. More specifically, it refers to the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions through their understanding of finances.
Health literacy- is an individual's ability to read, understand and use healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions for treatment.
Technology literacy- the ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to:
Communicate
Solve problems
Access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design and create information to improve learning in all subject areas
Acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century
Digital Information Fluency Model
Computing History (Von Neumann concept)
- Early computers = stored programs
1960s ---> computer systems equipped with dual processors
1970s ---> supercomputers equipped with 32 processors
1980s ---> supercomputers equipped with 1000 processors
1999 ----> IBM created Blue Gene System with 1M+ processors
- Boolean Algebra
Logical thought computers used invented by George Boole
manipulating 1 to 2 values ("off/on", "1/0", "true/false")
Basic unit of computing are called bits. Computers use bits comprised of 1's and 0's
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Intro To The Course
- LIS3353 Technologies is a good beginning class for IT and ICT majors. Hands-On Experience
Imformation Searching
- What is Literacy?
Computing History (Von Neumann concept)
- Early computers = stored programs
- Boolean Algebra
Storage Media